Here's a snip of some news I just found.
"For sports car enthusiasts, the impending arrival of the GT is genuine cause for celebration, not just for the GT itself but because it throws down the gauntlet to Ford's crosstown rivals -- Chevrolet and Dodge -- not to mention Porsche and Ferrari.
It's widely known that Chevrolet is preparing to launch its sixth generation Corvette next year, with a super high performance version to follow that will compete with Ford's GT. And Dodge will not want its Viper to be left behind as the rivalry heats up among Detroit's sports car elite.
By next summer we should be looking at the hottest line-up of performance cars Detroit has ever offered."
NoOption comments: The new Viper is 11-second capable, so it sounds like the new Ford GT, should run easy 11s. That means the next Z06 Vette will need to clip off about almost a full second from its '03 time to be competitive.
That means: Viper will probably need to go up to about 550 horses, and the next Z06 Vette to about 500?? The next Lightning will be pumping out about
550 and the SRT-10 pickup is expected to debut with 500. The Cobra has 390, the new GTO will have 350 (and 365 ft-lbs of torque) and even a compact (Neon SRT-4) is knocking down high 13's.What a crazy world we're live in! Is anyone else seeing parallels with the Vietnam era?
Patrick '93 Cobra '83 LTD